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Good evening. For many americans, a Summer Holiday weekend is best spent outdoors. The chance to relax in the fresh air. Catch up with family and friends. Yet there are sober reminders tonight that something as carefree as a gathering on the deck can invite serious danger. Millions of decks across the country are aging, making them vulnerable to collapse. In North Carolina on saturday night, two dozen family members ages 5 to 94 were injured when the deck they were standing on plunged to the ground. Nbcs Dave Gutierrez has more from emerald isle, North Carolina. I need all the ambulances i can get. Reporter dispatchers got the first panicked calls around 7 00 p. M. Saturday. I was on the phone with 911, so i just counted people on the ground and i counted up to 21 and i just said you just need to get as many ambulances as you can here. All off duty personnel report to station 45. Reporter a deck holding at least two dozen people including children, had collapsed. They went to take a fa

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